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Online Sexual Ealing

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #6045 on: January 01, 2020, 12:26:58 PM »
Name? "Ealing"
First Name? "Sexual"
Erm, if you insist go on then  :D

His parents thought it would toughen him up. They were wrong.

Give a man a fish, you feed him for one day. Teach a man to twerk, you've got an awkward few hours until the milk train comes.

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #6046 on: January 01, 2020, 01:28:41 PM »
Name? "Ealing"
First Name? "Sexual"
Erm, if you insist go on then  :D

His parents thought it would toughen him up. They were wrong.

Give a man a fish, you feed him for one day. Teach a man to twerk, you've got an awkward few hours until the milk train comes.

Eric Cantona going under the radar on H and V?

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #6047 on: January 01, 2020, 01:31:05 PM »
I am. Hope he proves me wrong

I think he has.

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #6048 on: January 01, 2020, 02:29:19 PM »
He has. Change of system, change of heart.

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #6049 on: January 01, 2020, 02:40:41 PM »
He has. Change of system, change of heart.

Who says Villa fans are fickle eh? 😉

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #6050 on: January 01, 2020, 02:41:24 PM »
Well done Dean. See a change is a good thing.

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #6051 on: January 01, 2020, 02:43:32 PM »
clear he hasnt lost the players after that performance. It looked completely lost to me but change of formation clearly had a positive effect.

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #6052 on: January 01, 2020, 02:45:33 PM »
Not that I don’t think smith has made mistakes in the the recent run of games, but I realised today the full extent of how unsuitable kodjia is to his approach.

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #6053 on: January 01, 2020, 02:46:43 PM »
If the players are still with him - and it looks like they are - the fans ought to be too.

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #6054 on: January 01, 2020, 02:47:25 PM »
Fair play to Deano. That's the kind of result (particularly when you change system and approach) that gets a result. Likewise it was good to see the players really grind out a result and work hard. The two games which will probably define our season will be Brighton and Watford. We've got to be getting 4 points absolute minimum from those. You can almost write off the City game, but any result in that is a huge bonus.

Just hope that confidence lifts the side going into a difficult set of league games. We can't 'Villa' this and return to type. Keep fighting, scrapping, working and improve. It looked at least like the players were playing for Dean today, that's he still has them onside.

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #6055 on: January 01, 2020, 02:49:29 PM »
Well done Dean. Keep proving the doubters, including me, wrong.

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #6056 on: January 01, 2020, 03:07:52 PM »
Unlike Norwich, today want just a good result but also a good performance, much of which was clearly down to the manager. Fucking great stuff Deano.

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #6057 on: January 01, 2020, 03:29:36 PM »
Well done to Dean, keep up the good work 👍
Hurt a bit seeing some turn on him.

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #6058 on: January 01, 2020, 03:31:03 PM »
Pleased he made those massive changes. Great result, hope the injuries aren’t too bad.

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Re: Dean Smith - Confirmed
« Reply #6059 on: January 01, 2020, 03:39:01 PM »
Be interesting to know what was said in the meeting with the players and the management in the week, looks like Smith has taken some of this on board though in changing the formation today.  Thought we played well today so hopefully this carries on now.

 


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